China can retaliate economically if red line is crossed: experts

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken - AFP

BEIJING (Global Times): China should keep a close watch on the Indo-Pacific region and mark its red lines, Chinese experts said on Thursday (Feb 18), right before the third Quad meeting of the US, Japan, India and Australia since 2020 was held on Thursday, also the first virtual Quad meeting under the Biden administration.

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced on Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and India in the Quad framework, the NATO's Indo-Pacific version normally regarded as the counter-China efforts initiated by Japan and the US.